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E A Feldman

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PubMed1994

Culture, conflict, and cost. Perspectives on brain death in Japan.

Japanese surgeons have performed only one heart transplant in the quarter century since the procedure was developed. Possessing the requisite training and technology, transplant surgeons have been stymied by several factors that elude professional and political solution. Most critically, the lack of a brain death standard limits the availability of transplantable organs. Mistrust of the medical profession, traditional outlooks on death, and the primary placed on consensual decision making have fueled debate about brain death and transplantation. Volatile and value laden, these issues have overwhelmed the discussion of health care resources, equal access to high-technology medical procedures, and insurance coverage for transplantation.

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PubMed1988

Defining death: organ transplants, tradition and technology in Japan.

This article explores Japanese attitudes about brain death and organ transplantation. First, ancient burial customs and death-related rituals associated with Shinto and Buddhism are examined. Next, contemporary attitudes towards the dead are discussed in the context of current controversies surrounding brain death and organ transplantation. Finally, an attempt is made to link the traditional Japanese views of death with modern medical dilemmas.

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